Sad day.

I don't have a more recent picture of Nathan being sad, so I'm using this one from a time when he was toothless. =) It's kinda funny tho. In a sad sort of way.

So it turns out Nathan actually has a cold - that's why he was so tired the other day. Yesterday was worse, but I think today he's much better. Jared's feeling better, too. So far nothing serious with me - just a sore throat and funky eyes.

Anyway, we just went to the doctor's office this morning and we asked him about the reunion again; just about what the odds actually were that it was a good idea and that kind of thing. He told us that if we aren't prepared to pay the hospital bills for having the baby in Joseph, Oregon (plus cost of transfer to another nearby facility with a NICU) and the cost living there for however long it takes for the baby to get healthy enough to leave the NICU (because to have her flown back down to Provo in the emergency helicopter is like... 20 grand) then we shouldn't take the risk. He said there are pretty much two kinds of women in this case: one is the kind where the first pregnancy was just different because of the baby, the other kind is where the woman just always delivers early. And at this point it's impossible to tell which kind I am. Anyway, since we don't want to take that risk, we're not going to go to the reunion this year. We're just going to have to wait for next time. I think it just feels kind of weird... I've never missed one before. But, things change, I guess.

Anyway, Nathan is learning lots of new words (sort of) and talks a lot. Half of the time we don't understand him but we're learning, too. Some of Nathan's new(ish) words are: "downstairs" (his version is "dess" or "desstess" on a good day), and "gosh" (unfortunately, this one is probably my fault. When he says it tho, it sounds more like "gus"... at least I think that's what he's saying) and "lie down" (he says "die down" or "die dow"). He says "oh-sai" or similar for "outside". He also says "beebee" for "blanket" and has barking conversations with the dog next door. Oh and he says "please" when I prompt him. It sounds like "peas".